Apple Using the GarageBand Jam Pack: World Music Instruments - Manual (Page 6)

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Choir
Guitars
World Music includes a Chinese ruan moon guitar, a Hawaiian ukulele, an Irish
bouzouki, a Spanish flamenco guitar, and two Turkish lutes: the oud and the saz.
Chinese Ruan Moon Guitar
The ruan “moon guitar” (also called the yueqin) is a fretted stringed instrument that has
been a part of Chinese music for more than 2000 years. The instrument is named for a
fabled musician of the third century known as one of the “Seven Sages of Bamboo
Grove,” and has changed little since its ancient beginnings.
The ruan has a circular wooden body and a short neck that holds four strings. The neck
has 24 frets divided into semitones, similar to a European guitar. The strings are tuned
in fifths like those of a violin, commonly to the notes G-D-A-E or A-D-A-D. The ruan
produces a delicate, mellow tone, and is used both for accompanying singers and as a
solo instrument. In modern times, orchestras of ruan have been created with
instruments of different sizes and ranges.
Instrument Controller Info
South African Singers  Mod wheel gives four different syllables:
“Ooh,” “Hemm,” “La,” and “Ah.”
 Velocity increases volume.
South African Voice Effects  Mod wheel gives four different syllables:
“Ti,” “Timo,” “Mo,” and a short “Mo.”
 Velocity increases volume.